Facilities
DYNAMO Laboratory is a 700 sq. ft. facility located in107 Cushing Hall and houses the following equipment
Equipment/Description
Make
Model
General Specifications *

Siglab 3.28

Multichannel dynamic signal analyzer use for the characterization of signal and systems in the lab or in the field. It is a function generator, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, and more.
Spectral Dynamics
20-42
  • No. of channels: 4 input/2 output.
  • Bandwidth: 20 kHz.
  • Sample rate: 51.2 kHz.

Model P3

Portable strain indicator and recorder instrument designed to function as bridge amplifier, static strain indicator, and digital data logger.
Vishay Micro-Measurements
P3
  • No. of channels: 4 input
  • Analog output: 0 to 2.5Vdc.
  • Bridge configurations: quarter-, half-, and full-bridge circuits. Internal bridge completion for 120ohm, 350ohm, and 1000ohm quarter bridges, 60ohm to 2000ohm half or full bridge.
  • Basic range: ± 31,000 micro strain at Gage Factor = 2.000.
  • Accuracy: ± 0.1% of reading ± 3 counts.

The Flexor

A cantilever flexure frame - teaching aid
Vishay Micro-Measurements
Flexor Kit
  • Measurements: 13-1/4 in long, 4-3/4 in high and 2-1/2 deep.
  • Weight: 3.5 lb.
  • Beams: high-strength aluminum alloy beams included in the kit.
  • Deflections: produced and measured by a micrometer. The Flexor can also be used with deadweights.

Ucist Shake Table

Portable, bench-scale table that successfully integrates Structural Dynamics & Control, Earthquake Engineering and related fields into Civil Engineering curriculum and research

  • STII Shake Table II
  • Universal Power Module
  • Building Structures w/ Accelerometers
  • MultiQ8 Data Acquisition Board

Quanser Consulting Inc.

 

 

 

 

STII

UPM-180-25-B

AMD-01

PCI-Q8

 

  • Overall Dimensions: 18 x 18 in.
  • Table travel: ± 3 in.
  • Operational bandwidth: 20Hz
  • Peak velocity: 33in/s
  • Peak acceleration: 2.5g

Shaking Table

Uniaxial earthquake simulator composed by a hydraulic actuator/servovalve assembly and a 48in X 48in aluminum slip table mounted on high-precision, low friction, linear bearings.

 

Pieta Tool & Eng. Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

180L
  • Maximum displacement: ± 3in.
  • Maximum velocity: ± 35in/sec
  • Maximum acceleration: ± 4g.
  • Frequency range: 0-50Hz.
  • Specifications based on 1000 lb test load

 

 

Servo Valve

 

Schenck Pegasus

  
  • Rated at: 40GPM
  • Nominal bandwidth: 50Hz

Hydraulic Actuator

Nopak

  
  • Rated at: 6kips
  • Stroke: 6in

Model 5100 Scanner

Model 5100 Scanner Front Panel

 

Model 5100 Scanner Rear Panel

 

The Model 5100 Scanner is sized for standard 19-in (483-mm) instrumentation racks. Cabinets are available for various system configurations for bench-top or field use.

Sensor connections are quickly made to the cards at the rear of each scanner in System 5000. Strain gage cards include built-in bridge completion for quarter and half bridges, and a constant voltage power supply for 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, and 10 Vdc bridge excitation.

Since each Model 5100 Scanner can function independently, your System 5000 components can be easily configured for each test requirement. A 100-channel system, for example, can be used as five independent 20-channel systems simply by purchasing additional software/interface hardware installations

 

Vishay
5100B

Inputs:
Accepts up to four cards (five channels per card and up to 20 channels per scanner).

A/D CONVERTER:
16-bit (15-bit plus sign) successive approximation converter. Usable resolution is typically 15 bits. 40 s total conversion time per reading.

SCAN RATE:
1 ms per scan. Fifty complete scans per second typical usage. Concurrent scanning for all scanners.
 
Input channels in each single scanner are scanned sequentially at 0.04-ms intervals and stored in random access memory within a 1-ms window.
 
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT:
Temperature :-10° to +50°C.
Humidity : Up to 90% RH, non-condensing.
 
 

Model 5110 Strain Gage Card :

Channels: Five per card.
Vishay
5110
 Filter Type: Four-pole Butterworth
 
Cutoff Frequency (-3 dB): 5 HZ

Model 5110A-S3 Strain Gage Card :

Channels: Five per card.
 
5110A-S3

Frequency (-3 dB): 5 HZ

Cutoff Frequency (-3 dB): 45 HZ

Equipment/Description
Make
Model
General Specifications *

Sensors and Transducers

  • L.V.D.T.

Linear displacement sensor used for the recording and processing of physical displacements, deflection or movement in engineering structures.

 

Vishay Micro-Measurements

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCB Piezotronics

 

Columbia Research Labs, Inc.

PCB Piezotronics

 

PCB Piezotronics

 

 

Kinemetrics, Inc.

 

HS25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

353B33

333B52

333B32

SA-107LN

 

208C01

 

086C03

 

 

110850-01-PL

 

Linear Error: 0.07%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sensitivity(±5%): 100mV/g

Sensitivity(±10%): 1000mV/g

Sensitivity(±10%): 100mV/g

Sensitivity: 15 V/g

 

 

Sensitivity(±15%): 500mV/lb

 

Sensitivity(±15%): 10mV/lbf

 

 

Frequency range: 0.2 to 20Hz.

Responsivity: 1000V/m/s
  • Accelerometers

Sensors for vibration monitoring and data collection process. These sensors offer a variety of frequency ranges and reference sensitivities that allow their use in a broad range of applications.

-Piezoelectric ICP Accelerometers

 

-Ultra Low Noise, Seismic Event Sensor

 

  • Force Sensors

General purpose ICP force sensor that can be used in drop testing, tensile testing, fatigue testing, fracture analysis, etc.

  • Impulse Force Test Hammer

Instrument used in the impulse testing of the dynamic behavior of mechanical structures.

  • Earthscope

Digital seismic sensor that measures ground motion. This instrument uses a rugged, high sensitivity electromagnetic analog motion sensor that measures the velocity at which a spring supported mass moves with respect to its support, due to ground vibration.

Remote data acquisition system

Data acquisition system for the monitoring of civil structures. This

system triggers under significant events and records responses later transmitted to a remote computerized center for applications to health monitoring and full-scale performance validation.

 

  • Data Logger

This device, also known as Measurement and Control Unit (System), measures sensors at a specific scan rate, process data, store the data, and initiate telecommunications. Includes keyboard display, power supply, and voice synthesizer for communications.

 

  • Keyboard Display

A sixteen button keypad and LCD that allows you to manually initiate

data transfer and display sensor readings, stored values, or flag/port

status.

 

  • Power Supply

An energy source for an electrical device (12Vdc).

 

  • Voice Synthesizer

Voice communication modem that allows the datalogger to transmit, by voice announcement, data stored in input locations and the current status of datalogger control ports and user flags.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campbell Scientific, Inc.

 

 

 

Campbell Scientific, Inc.

 

 

Campbell Scientific, Inc.

 

 

Campbell Scientific, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CR10X

 

 

 

 

CR10KD

 

 

 

PS12

 

 

COM310

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computers & Software

Optimal performance, high speed computers for the design, evaluation

and analysis of diverse structural models. The computers are provided with advance software such as Matlab, Sap2000, ETABS, RISA 3D, along others.